Governance of the university is a process by which faculty, staff, students, and administrators have co-created and sustained a great university.
UW-Madison governance groups include:
- University Committee, Faculty Senate
- Academic Staff Executive Committee, Academic Staff Assembly
- University Staff Central Committee, University Staff Congress
- Associated Students of Madison (ASM)
Levels of Faculty Participation
- Faculty Member
- Department (Faculty, Executive Committee)
- College/School (Academic Planning Council, college/school committees)
- Divisional Committees: tenure recommendations, appointments to campus committees, awards
(Executive committees of four faculty divisions: Arts & Humanities, Biological Sciences, Physical Sciences, Social Studies) - UW-Madison campus (Faculty Senate, University Committee, “Chapter 6” committees)
- Representatives are elected from faculty districts (departments)
- Exercises the authority of faculty
- Governance of campus subject to powers of chancellor
- Educational policy
- Admissions and graduation requirements
- Rules and procedures for faculty review
- Meets 7 times each year
- First Mondays, 3:30 p.m., 272 Bascom Hall
- 1st meeting: 2 October 2023
- Executive committee of the Faculty Senate
- Members elected by/from entire faculty to staggered 3-year terms:
- Michael Bernard-Donals, English and Mosse-Weinstein Center for Jewish Studies
- Annie Jones, Extension
- Barbara King, School of Nursing (Fall 2023)
- Li Chiao-Ping, Dance (on sabbatical, Fall 2023)
- Fernando Tejedo-Herrero, Spanish & Portuguese
- Susan Thibeault, Surgery (chair)
- Ellen Zweibel, Astronomy
University Committee Oversight
- Speaks and acts for faculty on policy
- Exceptional personnel actions
- Committee memberships
- Consultation and advice based on Faculty Policies & Procedures (FP&P), including grievances
Your Role: Participation in shared governance is a right & responsibility of all faculty!
- Join in the governance of your department
- Sit in on a Faculty Senate meeting
- Move toward participation in campus governance
- Join PROFS